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Ever since the first rumor broke, with talks quickly confirmed and ‘definitive deal’ announced soon after, the bat-phone here has been ringing for comments. Now that everyone has had time to digest, plenty of noise – as usual, we’ll toss our 1.5yen worth of unique perspective. The Largest Foreign Acquisition Deal by a Japanese Company Ever! Yes, the Mighty Yen: It’s been noted here several times over the last few years, with other examples in 2012 – Dentsu also bought Aegis for example – of Japan Inc. making $Billion deals, look at the exchange rates. We’ve seen many comments about the fiscal sense of $20Bn; expect SB and partners have done their diligence, considering what they paid per subscriber, it surely made economic risk sense to the bean-counters for them to sign-off. Can SoftBank Repeat a Stunning #3 Turn Around Again There – How? Indeed, the central question that had tongues waggin from the get-go.. certainly it’s p

Suppose this will likely sound a bit ‘odd’ to many of you out there, in a fog of PDA designs and hyper-data consumption, but here’s a friendly heads-up from the future. As most markets have rushed towards this space, some tipping into the 50% adoption range, we are starting to see a gentle push-back here. While the typical Japanese so-called feature-phone is not your usual beast, pre-installed Flash since 2003 along with touch & swipe screens, Digital TV and NFC.. all old news, there were a couple of ‘Aha’ moments recently that led to this blurb. In the spring of this year DoCoMo introduced their new line-up without a single clamshell design.. wow, it was like the death of i-mode and nobody even bothered to mention. However, their latest round of 16 units included Four new flip models.. we asked vendors on the street, who basically said: “so many customers don’t want a Smartphone”. When pressed for ‘why’ that might be, a

It’s been far.too.long for us to post here like this, suggest grabba cuppa sumthing to review below, trusting our update will be worth your while. These last 18-months, or so, since 3.11 quake has been a difficult experience – that said – it appears a so-called ‘new normal’ has settled and we have plenty of catching-up to do. For the time being, just wanted to cover a few key points and make clear it’s time to ease back into the regular cycle of posting here. By now, for those who may not have already noticed, it must be obvious we have a new site layout that should render nicely across all device screens. Still expecting to work through a few bugs, but happy to finally move into these new digital digs; the 4th of our refits this year, starting at the Mobikyo site along with overhauls on our MoMo Tokyo and Mobile Intelligence properties. There is plenty of debate Responsive vs. Native topic, tossing in hybrid middle ground, we went with this solutio

>Mobikyo K.K. publishes Wireless Watch Japan, organizes MobileMonday Tokyo networking events and operates Mobile Intelligence study tours providing related custom research and advisory services. Mobikyo's founding directors are deeply connected with, respected by, and committed to, Japan's wireless and IT business community. Thousands of managers, planners, engineers and strategists depend on Mobikyo to learn about Japan's unique business models, technologies, contents, services, applications and hardware from the most innovative test-bed market for next-generation mobile industry. "Mobikyo" was chosen for the unique blending of Mobile and Tokyo. However, depending on the kanji character used for kyo, it could also mean association, capital, religion or today. With fantastic support from our clients, partners and affiliates in Japan and overseas, we have become the trusted source of independent market intelligence & business networking connections based in Tokyo.

MobileMonday Tokyo is a leading networking organization supporting Tokyo's mobile industry. We launched in September 2004, with over 70 events to-date, hosting an average 100-200 industry delegates. MobileMonday is an open platform for mobile industry visionaries, developers and industry insiders fostering cooperation and business development through live networking events to share ideas, best practices and trends from global markets. Chapters are active in over 100 cities worldwide and new locations continue to launch monthly. Founded in Helsinki, Finland, in 2000, MobileMonday is organized by a global team of 300+ volunteers and it has become the world's largest mobile community network. Details via MoMo Tokyo website

Mobile Intelligence offers related custom research and consulting designed specifically for industry executives working in sales, marketing, product development, strategy, venture capital and the media. From private workshops and conference presentations to trend spotting innovation and detailed analysis, our services are based on the direct experience and lessons learned in the Japanese mobile market. We also run a unique in-Japan guided tour service providing market introductions, personal connections and actionable lessons for clients overseas. Delegates take part in seminar and attend inside sessions, at individual companies, in technology showrooms, and -- most importantly -- on the fabled streets of Tokyo. Alumni return home with a competitive edge, integrated awareness and personal contacts moving them to the forefront of new business development. Full details via Mobile Intelligence website